In this piece, HBR Consulting focuses on two sources, its 2022 Law Department Survey and its Sounding Board series, which reflects data from more than 200 corporations, to conclude that in-house law departments, which had been sanguine about increases in headcount, spending, and tech investment throughout 2022, are far less optimistic heading into the new year.
Continue Reading Reversal of Fortune
In this piece from Bloomberg Law, Evisort’s Memme Onwudiwe and Credit Karma’s Tom Stephenson make the case that having a law degree is not – and should not be – a prerequisite for a legal operations job.
Continue Reading You Don’t Need a JD to Make A Difference in Legal OPS
What’s the biggest threat to the future growth ambitions of top law firms?
Increased competition from international firms? No.
Attracting and retaining the best talent? No.
Remaining on top of compliance? No.
It’s cyber risk. As in – the accidental leakage of confidential data through email hijacks, phishing attacks and malware.
Continue Reading Law Firms Fail to Face Their Biggest Threat
In a recent article in Harvard Business Review, a team of researchers showed that 78% of transformations fail. Their analysis showed that “people are the catalysts of successful transformation.” To move beyond working in silos, incremental improvement, and isolated innovation – to achieve transformation – it’s important to have a structured process to engage leadership in setting objectives and guiding transformational change.
Continue Reading A Methodology for Legal Transformation: Assessing, Aligning & Advancing Your Department
Tom Davis, a former FBI Special Agent and fraud prevention and AML/KYC compliance expert, recently joined Coinme as their first general counsel. He shares why he joined this startup and his hopes for how to make an impact as this new normal of banking evolves.
Continue Reading Making Crypto Available to Everyone
Nathan Cemenska shares insights drawn from the LegalVIEW Analytics data warehouse as well as his thoughts on the value of data to fuel bargaining power.
Continue Reading Looking into Over $150 Billion of Legal Invoices with LegalVIEW Analytics
Breen Sullivan, founder and CEO of The Fourth Floor, shares her journey from a serial startup general counsel to leader of a platform that is breaking ceilings and helping women-led startups gain access to funding and key advisors.
Continue Reading The Fourth Floor: A Platform for Founders and Funders
2022 marks the 20-year anniversary of the signing of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, or SOX. This federal law established major auditing and financial regulations for public companies, and nearly two decades in, SOX compliance is not only a legal obligation for many companies but a good business practice as well.
Continue Reading Why Contract Management is Key to SOX Compliance
Atul Dubey, newly appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager of Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory, US, joined CCBJ for a discussion about his new role, his vision for the continued growth of the company along with insights about customer-focused innovation.
Continue Reading A View from the Top of Wolters Kluwer
